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Even in death asylum seekers open a faultline in Australian culture and society. The two Sydney funerals for the asylum seekers who died trying to reach Christmas Island raise larger questions that deserve comment.
The full text of Frank Brennan's January 2010 address to the Australian Association of Catholic Bioethicists, 'Toothless, Trojan or True to Trinitarian Anthropology? Reflecting on the 2009 National Human Rights Consultation'.
Even if all our recommendations were implemented tomorrow, there would still be vulnerable Australians missing out on essential economic and social rights. Responsibility for meeting these needs cannot rest solely with government. We need to take responsibility for each other.
The relationship between Australia and Russia is over 200 years old. It began with great promise, but relations cooled following the Russian Revolution. The financial crisis presents an opportunity for both countries to look to each other with optimism once again.
Georgina Pike on the plight of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been sent to Christmas Island.
It’s hard to put the dead to rest. 18 August 2006 is the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, in which 18 Australian and more than 245 Viet Cong soldiers were killed. There’s an invitation to go to Perth where they’re naming streets in a new housing development after six soldiers who did not return.
Ralph Carolan visits The Temple Down the Road: The life and times of the MCG by Brian Matthews.
Stephen Holt reviews Michael Gilchrist’s Wit and Wisdom: Daniel Mannix
John Button on Aneurin Hughes’s Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Labor Party.
Peter Hamilton prepares to cast his first vote in a US election
The death of Jean Charles de Menezes invites us to reflect on where our conscription into that war has brought us.
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